SJWs’ taste in male characters

In my prior post, I said about the SJWs being into rather nonthreatening quirky and youthful male leads. Even if this is not always the case but there aren’t that many SJW-minded fangirls who salivate over male characters with bulging muscles. If these male characters have any fangirls at all, I have a feeling that they’re more comfortable around beefy manly types. Just as the preferred female role model in SJW circles is quirky yet unconventionally feminine, the preferred male role model has to be quirky and be unthreatening.

Characters like Dio Brando and Hisoka could also be described as quirky, fruity and even effeminate but then again there’s an aspect to their personalities that doesn’t sit well with many SJWs in those circles though I could be wrong about the former. Some of the more SJW minded types tend to go for less threatening characters, either really young ones or not too macho ones like Cisco Ramon. It’s telling that while those characters are quirky geeks, geek culture outside of SJW fandoms is very sexist and more often that not male oriented.

The similarity between these groups is that they go after a nonthreatening, unchallenging ideal that rests not in seeking any real commonality beyond fandom interests. I can be prone to this though I’d rather keep it to myself for most of the time. I won’t doubt that they feel lonely at times since I have that sentiment too except for that I’d look up to actual popstars to ease my insecurities and loneliness. It sounds weird but that’s actually healthier than looking up to made up characters.

The revelation over one blogger grooming a minor is a damning indication. In her other blog, Border between Countries, she’s also a fan of Steven Universe which has an underaged male protagonist and she has written slash fictions between underaged characters. That’s about as creepy as an animu otaku going after lolis or a Brony going after the Foals. Likewise the current actor playing the Flash is giving me the same weird jailbait vibe that one could get from watching Madoka. That programme may have cutesy little girls but these are actually young women and it’s aimed at older men.

There is so much creepiness in fandoms that fixate on nonthreatening, youthful male characters that one might wonder if they have a hell lot more in common with their dudebro enemies like the Bronies and waifufags of the world than they’d ever realise. I do have my moments but these broads put it publicly. It’s the horseshoe theory in practise where you have two seemingly disparate groups mirror each other’s every move.

The creepiness gets paired with dubious beliefs and ideologies. Some Bronies and animufags think that their stuff is very progressive but so do MGA fangirls and those involved in television and YA novel fandoms. To any outsider, it’s not only weird but also creepy and a bit disgusting not to mention very daft of them. The Grant Gustin fangirl could be about as progressive as a Twilight Sparkle fanboy can get and it says a lot.

Jason Todd, superstar

Jason Todd is a fictional character inhabiting DC comics who has been dead or dormant for a long period of time as well as being one of the few documented examples of men in refrigerators in that his death was used to motivate Batman into grief and shame. Or at least that’s how it got accumulated not to mention the writers who would try to make him look worse even if I’m not a fan of this character.

Why I called Jason Todd a man in a refrigerator considering the way female characters’ ordeals are sometimes depicted to motivate a male character into action. While his death was used to motivate Tim Drake for the better, his death also made it clear that it’s Batman’s greatest mistake. Along with Damian Wayne, Jason Todd is clearly one of the few male characters that qualify as an equivalent to the women in refrigerators meme.

It’s not an accurate one following his eventual resurrection but it makes sense that his own fate is heavily defined by other characters like Superboy Prime, the Joker, Batman and the like. It also makes sense why he’s written off for a long time and probably still is despite recent attempts to rehabilitate his portrayal. In hindsight, some readers thought that he had potential especially when it comes to positive character development. He could’ve outgrown his street youth characterisation in due time.

It also sheds light on characters who acted the same way as he does but the readership tolerates them for it. The James Howletts and Deadpools of the world. As I’ve said before, what kept Jason from being redeemed in the same way Wolverine is has to do with the former being a rare male fridging. Instead of seeing Jason outgrow his bad behaviour, he ended up motivating and haunting Batman in death.

It should also be noted that if it weren’t for Jason Todd, there would’ve been no Tim Drake and his appearance in the DCAU cements that connection. That’s something most readers will never admit. Helena Bertinelli was also cut from the same cloth as he is and she’s been redeemed in a way Todd was barely allowed to. Still Jason Todd should be seen as one of the more important characters in superhero lore in terms of influence and the sheer anomaly of a man in a refrigerator.